Meet The Composters

Meet The Composters
Explore both the grounds and the forest to discover how compost is made and how we can protect our environment by composting the right things. Take a peek into our active wormery, meet the worms, and look for animals which recycle living material in the forest. Conduct a simple scientific investigation using worms. 

Learning Objectives 

• to understand what compost is, how it is made and the importance of living things in composting
• explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive
• to work scientifically by setting up a simple investigation involving worms
• to identify that living things live in habitats to which they are suited 
• to treat animals and the environment with care and sensitivity 

National curriculum links 
Science 
Y3
Animals, including humans 

• identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat

Working Scientifically

• asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests

Y4
Living things and their habitats

• recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
• recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things

Working Scientifically

• asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests

Y6
Animals, including humans 

• describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans